Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·war(w)i
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Proto-Algonquian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- wa·wi (short form back-formed from the plural)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algic *wa·waʔlewe (“egg”), whence also Yurok woolew (“roe of several fish”)/woorew (“roe of one fish”), Wiyot wa·'l (“salmon roe”).
Noun
[edit]*wa·war(w)i (plural *wa·warwari)
Descendants
[edit]- Abenaki: wôwan
- Blackfoot: owáw
- Cheyenne: vovȯtse
- Cree: wâwi / ᐚᐏ (waawi)
- Naskapi: ᐛᐤ (waaw)
- Atikamekw: waw
- Fox: owâwani, wâwani
- Massachusett: wôu, wóóu
- Miami: waawi
- Mohegan-Pequot: wôm
- Ojibwe: waawan
- Unami: òòl
- Munsee: wáhwal
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wawon
- Mi'kmaq: wa'w
References
[edit]- Siebert (1967)
- Paul Proulx, A Sketch of Blackfoot Historical Phonology (1989)